Multiple AJAX Requests - jQuery $.when()

coordinating-multiple-ajax-requests-with-jquery-when.js

// FROM: http://lostechies.com/joshuaflanagan/2011/10/20/coordinating-multiple-ajax-requests-with-jquery-when/
$.when( getTweets('austintexasgov'),
        getTweets('greenling_com'),
        getTweets('themomandpops')
      ).done(function(atxArgs, greenlingArgs, momandpopsArgs){
    var allTweets = [].concat(atxArgs[0]).concat(greenlingArgs[0]).concat(momandpopsArgs[0]);
    var sortedTweets = sortTweets(allTweets);
    showTweets(sortedTweets);
      });
 
var getTweets = function(user){
    var url='http://twitter.com/status/user_timeline/' + user + '.json';
    return $.get(url, {count:5}, null, 'jsonp');
}


// FROM: http://www.bitstorm.org/weblog/2012-1/Deferred_and_promise_in_jQuery.html
// Example 1
var promise = $.ajax({
  url: "/myServerScript"
});
 
promise.done(myStopAnimationFunction);
promise.done(myOtherAjaxFunction);

// Example 2
var promise1 = $.ajax("/myServerScript1");
var promise2 = $.ajax("/myServerScript2");
 
$.when(promise1, promise2).done(function(xhrObject1, xhrObject2) {
  // Handle both XHR objects
});
promise.done(myShowInfoFunction);
promise.fail(myErrorFunction);

// FROM: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/wrangle-async-tasks-with-jquery-promises/
// Example 1
promise.done(function() {
  console.log("This will run if this Promise is resolved.");
});
 
promise.fail(function() {
  console.log("This will run if this Promise is rejected.");
});
 
promise.always(function() {
  console.log("And this will run either way.");
});

// Example 2: Shorthand for previous example
promise.then(doneCallback, failCallback, alwaysCallback);